When a factory closes down because of the crisis in Greece, a group of workers occupy it and attempt to run it on their own, following the principles of absolute equality and direct democracy. The film follows the extraordinary adventure of these people, and their struggle against the law, state bureaucracy and their own limits.

In the course of his performances, the Russian political artist Pyotr Pav-lensky has sewn up his mouth, nailed his scrotum to Red Square, and set fire to the door of the headquarters of the Russian secret service, to protest against Ñstate terrorì. He spent seven months in prison. The film shows Pyotr Pavlensky and his preoccupation with the liberty of the individual confronted by the power of the state.